{
  "id": 15189161,
  "title": "FG Launches NUCAP Tower Sites In Abia, Targets 3,700 Masts To Connect 20 Million Nigerians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/fg-launches-nucap-tower-sites-in-abia-targets-3-700-masts-to-connect",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T11:56:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/17/fg-launches-nucap-tower-sites-in-abia-targets-3700-masts-to-connect-20-million-nigerians/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigerian government has launched the Nigerian Universal Communications Access Project (NUCAP) tower sites in Abia State, as part of a nationwide plan to build 3,700 towers and provide telecommunications access to over 20 million unreached and underserved Nigerians. The initiative, funded through the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), will also deploy Public Wi-Fi and Smart Village solutions, beginning with seven pilot locations across Abia, Delta, Enugu, Plateau, Katsina and Ogun States. The first tower site was commissioned in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, with Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, and Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani in attendance.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}